Archives of the Impossible: A Conversation with John Phillip Santos and Jeffrey J. Kripal

John Phillip Santos, the University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, joined Rice University's Jeffrey J. Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion and Associate Dean of the Faculty and Graduate Studies in the School of Humanities, on Feb. 8, 2022, for the first of three webinars in advance of Archives of the Impossible, a scholarly conference and exhibition that takes place March 3-6, 2022 at Rice University.
John Phillip Santos is a Rhodes Scholar, writer, journalist, and documentarian. In addition to television documentaries on religion and culture for CBS News and PBS, myriad magazine articles and newspaper work, he has authored two memoirs, "Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation" (1999 National Book Award Finalist), "The Farthest Home is in An Empire of Fire" (2010), and a book of poems, "Songs Older Than Any Known Singer" (2007). He teaches Writing and Mestizo Cultural Studies in the Honors College at University of Texas San Antonio. He is currently working on the last installment in his trilogy of memoirs, and collaborating with Chicano rocker Alejandro Escovedo on a “mythic” memoir of the musician’s storied life in punk rock and beyond.
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